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Cloudflare

Secures websites and runs apps on its network

Technical Support Engineer - Application Services

Customer SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of 4 years of experience working as a Technical Support Engineer supporting globally distributed reverse-proxy content delivery network platforms, with hands-on expertise in content caching, performance optimization, traffic routing, and edge delivery services.
  • Ability to simplify complex concepts for customers while troubleshooting and solving problems.
  • Strong written and verbal customer-service and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong understanding of Layer 4 and Layer 7 protocols and concepts, including TCP/UDP, DNS, HTTP/S, IAM, load balancing, caching, CORS, SSL/TLS, networking, and Anycast.
  • Experience using diagnostic and monitoring platforms, including DNS lookup tools, global ping and traceroute testers, SSL/TLS configuration analyzers, and synthetic transaction or real-user monitoring services, to investigate DNS resolution, network latency, certificate issues, and global service availability.
  • Experience using observability tools such as Kibana, Grafana, Zabbix, Sentry, and live log-tailing utilities to analyze logs, trace issues, and identify root causes of performance or reliability problems.
  • Confidence using command-line tools, including curl, dig, traceroute, OpenSSL, and git.
  • Experience in a web development or hosting environment, including installing and configuring web servers such as Apache, Nginx, Caddy, and IIS.
  • Competence writing scripts in Bash, Python, JavaScript, or another scripting language.
  • Experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, or other database servers.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor for Enterprise customers, responding to and resolving Application Services/Performance inquiries and incidents while providing timely, high-quality, personalized assistance.
  • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues with customers involving DNS, HTTP errors, IAM, load balancing, caching, CORS, SSL/TLS, networking, and other Application Services/Performance configurations.
  • Work with Engineering and Operations teams to remediate issues, suggest mitigation steps, and apply appropriate mitigations when applicable.
  • Create and maintain knowledge-base articles, technical guides, and troubleshooting documentation for internal and customer use.
  • Work with Engineering and Product teams to improve products and tools.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in a shift-based or global support environment.
  • Familiarity with SLA/KPI metrics and real-time queue management.

About the Company

Cloudflare

Secures websites and runs apps on its network

Cloudflare operates a network that protects websites, delivers online content and runs applications closer to their users. Businesses connect websites and internal systems to its services to filter malicious traffic, control access and improve performance, with security and computing running on shared infrastructure. Developers combine application code, object storage and databases with the network used for content delivery and traffic protection. Cloudflare earns revenue from subscriptions and usage charges, with free plans for basic features and negotiated contracts for larger organizations. Cloudflare was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2009

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